to that end we're continuing to improve the communication with the broader national security community so we can efficiently receive threat information and analyze and declassify the information as appropriate, and provide a promptly either to affected firms or to the sector as a whole. this function is performed by dedicated personnel whose task is to share information on a regular, timely basis. they are in continual contact with the private sector which is the critical partner in distributing threat information to financial services stakeholders. this partnership with the ssiac is an important building block of the public/private partnership on cybersecurity for the financial sector. as i've indicated other agencies in the u.s. government are also active and essential partners in collective endeavor. the basic concept is that the foundation of the president's executive order 13636 on improving critical truck struck -- infrastructure signer security issued in february of this year. the executive order directs executive branch agencies and departments to work with the private sector t